Boyce unlucky as Agar bolts

Cameron Boyce can consider himself the hard-luck story of Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad selection.

Australia's first-choice Twenty20 legspinner since his debut in 2014, Boyce lost out to Adam Zampa after selectors decided only one specialist wrist spinner was required on India's slow wickets for the World Cup.

"Cameron Boyce was unlucky," chairman of selectors Rod Marsh said.

"He was very close and it was a very tight call between those two.

"But we couldn't take both of them. That's the thing. We were never going to take two legspinners."

The 26-year-old has taken eight wickets at an average of 19, and has gone at just 6.6 per over in his seven international appearances.

He was also one of Australia's best bowlers in their most recent Twenty20 fixture, claiming the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in Sydney last month.

But Zampa's success in the current one-day series against New Zealand, coupled with the fact he went at only 7.1 per over in his 10 BBL games this summer, was enough to get him the nod in the 15-man squad.